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you can see the city name down on the lower left, mississippi. the number next to the city is the derivative of the gps marker for this google location and i sort of transposed the numbers and used that. i wanted to connotate that virtual world and also there was a visual connection to the photographic heritage that was pretty wild. on top of this moment in time, there is also a breaking down of the imagery thaps in the google pictures themselves, most of these are lo fi and i chose that i guess because of the esthetics. it did not contain the same look as these and it also erode the truth and makes the lens a little bit blurry, it alters things from a technical point of view. so, you could see these pictures that sort of describe them as drive-by pictures that we are drive-by really captures this and not necessarily immersive in any way. it is literally a car driving by capturing a moment. some of this has been done in the past, walker evans took pictures out of a moving vehicle. in fact, strangely, right upstairs in the library before this talk
you can see the city name down on the lower left, mississippi. the number next to the city is the derivative of the gps marker for this google location and i sort of transposed the numbers and used that. i wanted to connotate that virtual world and also there was a visual connection to the photographic heritage that was pretty wild. on top of this moment in time, there is also a breaking down of the imagery thaps in the google pictures themselves, most of these are lo fi and i chose that i...
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they would pump their water underneath into the city to the water plant where they use the chlorination filtration process so they didn't have to settle the water out any longer. .. i, you know, i would like to talk to more people about the memoir, you know, i always say inevitability -- each time i talk to someone about it. it's the hardest book i have written and never want to write another memoir again. i laugh after i say it. but seriously when i say it -- but even though it was i don't know it -- even though it was very difficult, i still believe in -- i believe in the book, you know, like, i believe that it tells a story that is worth telling. and, you know, attempting to say something important. so, you know, even though it was very hard for me to, you know, i don't regret it. i just know that i will hopefully won't do it again. so i figured i would read a little bit from the prologue just to situate us, and then i'm going to skip -- thank you. i'm going skip to the last chapter and read some bits from the last chapter. i don't want to confuse you, but in the last chapter, there'
they would pump their water underneath into the city to the water plant where they use the chlorination filtration process so they didn't have to settle the water out any longer. .. i, you know, i would like to talk to more people about the memoir, you know, i always say inevitability -- each time i talk to someone about it. it's the hardest book i have written and never want to write another memoir again. i laugh after i say it. but seriously when i say it -- but even though it was i don't...
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you are the city of the golden gate bridge, you are the city of the transamerica tower and the great sports team and rail cars, but the executive director asked us to look at the future. what will san francisco be like when this transit center is done? >> that will have a new very significant building and a new very significant transit center and if you look at that when we are finished that is the new san francisco. >> this is a new downtown region. and so, what we are really talking about in the rva and what we are asking the design team to do is protect the final build-out. what was the tjfpa response to the request for the excuse me the rva. mention this safety and security part of the program from its inception. they have retained a series of world class design and engineering risk professional and they were peer reviews that were engaged in by the individuals for the extreme knowledge and the explosive management and seismic management, this is not a single individual or a single firm's recommendation. i'm a spoke man for many, many people and many, many organizations. and it u
you are the city of the golden gate bridge, you are the city of the transamerica tower and the great sports team and rail cars, but the executive director asked us to look at the future. what will san francisco be like when this transit center is done? >> that will have a new very significant building and a new very significant transit center and if you look at that when we are finished that is the new san francisco. >> this is a new downtown region. and so, what we are really...
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we want to show the audience a little bit of a city of. what about our system packs so complex there's nobody that can comply with every job. if i want to get you i want to get you on the tax issue. what we need to do is come up with something that is simple. when i pick up my bible, you know what i see? i see the terrorist individual in the din of first god and he's given us time. he didn't say if the cross failed don't give me any time. she didn't say -- there must be something inherently fair of the proportionality. you put in a billion, you make $10 to put in one of course you have to get rid of the loophole. [applause] some people say that isn't fair because it doesn't hurt the guy that made $10 billion -- where does it say you have to hurt the guy? he just put a billion dollars in the pot. [applause] it's that kind of thinking, it's that kind of thinking that has resulted in the 602 banks in the cayman islands. that money needs to be back here creating the infrastructure and jobs. we are small enough, we are smart enough to figure ou
we want to show the audience a little bit of a city of. what about our system packs so complex there's nobody that can comply with every job. if i want to get you i want to get you on the tax issue. what we need to do is come up with something that is simple. when i pick up my bible, you know what i see? i see the terrorist individual in the din of first god and he's given us time. he didn't say if the cross failed don't give me any time. she didn't say -- there must be something inherently...
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so i moved to new york city. after around five months of searching for a job there was able to get a job at random house working as a managing editorial assistant. the works if it's serious and. well as their return was writing. and i communicate at that time i sort of figured my brother's death made me question things and in all of the aborted up of women did not matter. and it is to attempt to do something with my life that would, you know, make it worth living for me. when i ask myself that question, what to do that for me, the entity that was riding. and so while i was in new york and began to, you know, right more short stories because some were really bad. but there were good enough to get me into the university of michigan. [laughter] >> what about the credit card debt? >> it to relax seven years. yeah, it was rough. in new york city, like five times worse than it is to live in mississippi undercards. it took a long time. so -- >> you mentioned new orleans. was it hard to community where your place was and
so i moved to new york city. after around five months of searching for a job there was able to get a job at random house working as a managing editorial assistant. the works if it's serious and. well as their return was writing. and i communicate at that time i sort of figured my brother's death made me question things and in all of the aborted up of women did not matter. and it is to attempt to do something with my life that would, you know, make it worth living for me. when i ask myself that...
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the city of miami beach gave the key to the city to a movie character called robo cop, but that year refused to give a key to the city to one of the most inspiring leaders in world history. when i became mayor, the whole thing seemed juvenile to me, that they refused to issue a proclamation, which they gave to the borner bartender they opened up the new store. >> but six area mayors and the governor denounced the leader after he thanked cuban president fidel castro, the libbuation organization and libyan president mom mar gaddafi for their support of the movement. >> during the darkest day of apartheid the cuban government had provided assistance to the antiapartheid movement specifically. nelson mandela's any african national congress, and his position was i am not going to denounce anyone who helps me. your enemy, is not necessarily my enemy. >> but the powerful cuban and jewish communities of south florida were outraged. they pressures local leaders to snub mandela. >> it was one of the best days in the history of miami, the one of the worst. because the great nelson mandela came
the city of miami beach gave the key to the city to a movie character called robo cop, but that year refused to give a key to the city to one of the most inspiring leaders in world history. when i became mayor, the whole thing seemed juvenile to me, that they refused to issue a proclamation, which they gave to the borner bartender they opened up the new store. >> but six area mayors and the governor denounced the leader after he thanked cuban president fidel castro, the libbuation...
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the city manager said the fire chief is leaving under a mutual agreement. the chief says he's being forced oh out. the department came under scrutiny after the the deaths and it found a breakdown in communication was partly to blame but did not determine if the tragedy could have been tren prevented. >> the trial of the fort hood shooter came to a hefty tab to taxpayers. >> still ahead, srepbs wa venezs president offering a new weight and is raising eyebrows. >>> >> a sports controversy. the name of d.c.'s football team. what he said he would do if he owned the the washington redskins. that's ahead. . complicated but don't worry, i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down the confusing financial speak and make it real. come, it is here. >> yes, let the games begin. he is fighting for his baseball life and some $46 million. a-rod and all of his attorneys were there fighting his 211-game suspension. the hearing is expected to last less than five days, after that the group will decide to uphold, reduce, or overturn the suspen
the city manager said the fire chief is leaving under a mutual agreement. the chief says he's being forced oh out. the department came under scrutiny after the the deaths and it found a breakdown in communication was partly to blame but did not determine if the tragedy could have been tren prevented. >> the trial of the fort hood shooter came to a hefty tab to taxpayers. >> still ahead, srepbs wa venezs president offering a new weight and is raising eyebrows. >>> >> a...
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dayton even has a program based on nothing but the city's economic experience that encourages the foreign menace to move there. don't they realize the risks? >> we know that we're more likely to have another 9/11 or our daughters to be raped if we let undocumented immigrants into the country. >> we catch the people who are the bad people. we want to solve problems and have a better community. >> you're the one creating problems. i'm trying to come up with a simple solution that is based on fear and hate. >> truth is, studies show illegal immigrants do make a few billion small contributions to state and local economies each year. but opponents of reform like dennis lynch don't buy it. >> what about all the reports that say illegals benefit the economy. >> i don't like to read the reports. i'm not a reports guy. >> the reports be damned. illegal immigration costs a great deal of money. >> it's that simple. >> that simple. >> you would think it would be more complicated with millions of people interacting with the economy in untracked ways. you know, you would think that you would want to si
dayton even has a program based on nothing but the city's economic experience that encourages the foreign menace to move there. don't they realize the risks? >> we know that we're more likely to have another 9/11 or our daughters to be raped if we let undocumented immigrants into the country. >> we catch the people who are the bad people. we want to solve problems and have a better community. >> you're the one creating problems. i'm trying to come up with a simple solution...
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just 14 minutes traveling southbound if the beltway all the way into the city. that's a look at your morning commute. over to you. >>> the lcuno carrierringconnec0 . >>> at just 9 years old, lauren understands the need to give back. >> she also knows how a kind gesture can go a long way at the time in need. she and her family lost everything when their home caught on fire. now they're helping others who find themselves in that same situation. you see, she lauren's luggage has food, toiletries and teddy bears. >> it's the kindness in your heart. you never lose that you can lose every item you have but you never lose the kindness in your heart. >> she's using social media to spread her word and her mission. we have more -- her work and -- her word and her mission. we have more on our website. >>> the red dress event is designed to raise awareness about the effects of heart disease among women. according to the centers for disease control, nearly 600,000 people die of heart disease every year in the u.s. alone. >>> if you're looking to buy a new dishwasher or refri
just 14 minutes traveling southbound if the beltway all the way into the city. that's a look at your morning commute. over to you. >>> the lcuno carrierringconnec0 . >>> at just 9 years old, lauren understands the need to give back. >> she also knows how a kind gesture can go a long way at the time in need. she and her family lost everything when their home caught on fire. now they're helping others who find themselves in that same situation. you see, she lauren's...
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. >> reporter: but the man the world most reveres wanted to be buried far from the capitol city in the village he called his home, even when politics became his life. born in the british empire, he will be buried in a distant corner of a country that is in every sense his. the man who made the miracle of modern south africa, who brought a nation with him on his long walk to freedom. though the world now mourns and presidents will visit, it is ode south africans who gain from his struggle and in finding out what this democracy looks like without him. >> woodruff: a short time ago, i spoke with lydia polgreen, johannesburg bureau chief for the "new york times." lydia polgreen, thank you for talking with us. >> my pleasure, judy. >> woodruff: how are south africans reacting today to mandela's death? are they all black and white united in their view of him? >> overwhelmingly i would say yes. today i was outside his home in an upscale suburb of johannesburg. and there were not just black and white, there were, you know, yalmke and muslim knitted prayer caps. there were young and old, people
. >> reporter: but the man the world most reveres wanted to be buried far from the capitol city in the village he called his home, even when politics became his life. born in the british empire, he will be buried in a distant corner of a country that is in every sense his. the man who made the miracle of modern south africa, who brought a nation with him on his long walk to freedom. though the world now mourns and presidents will visit, it is ode south africans who gain from his struggle...
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teachers to teach in some of the hardest schools in new york city. my mother taught special education for 32 years, and they told her she was going to get a bunch of things, but one of the things we all expected to get was green cards. up until i turned 21 i actually expected to become a citizen and when i turned 21 and my mom didn't get a green card that's when i realized i aged out. >> and president obama used his executive authority to provide relief for people like alden. that allows young people to work legally and attend school. participants must reapply, however, every four years. tina you qualified for this program, tell us how it has affected your life. >> well, when i was in high school, i couldn't drive and had to take the city bus to go to school, and during the time my family was hit with a flood, and we had no government help and lost everything. after i received deca, i was able to work and drive, and it gave me an identity. most people think you can travel by air, but when you turn 18 you wouldn't be able to do that unless you have a
teachers to teach in some of the hardest schools in new york city. my mother taught special education for 32 years, and they told her she was going to get a bunch of things, but one of the things we all expected to get was green cards. up until i turned 21 i actually expected to become a citizen and when i turned 21 and my mom didn't get a green card that's when i realized i aged out. >> and president obama used his executive authority to provide relief for people like alden. that allows...
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the city of pittsburgh has three suspension bridges. known collectively as the three sister bridges, all employ eye bars in their suspension chains. they were constructed at the same time as the silver bridge and are still standing. they have a marked difference in their design. this is the sixth street bridge. the eye bars are in clusters. the failure of any one will not cause a collapse of the structure. >> i could see what was happening an i just stood right here and watched the whole bridge. >> what did it look like? >> it is like my little boy said. you would build a bridge out of a child's building toys and take a stick and just knock the supports out from under it. >> after the bridge collapsed, congress formed the bridge inspection program that included underwater inspection. -- a 200-foot section of that bridge fell 80 feet killing ten people. charles feldman fired this report after the collapse. >> rescuers had to wait before the waters reseeded before pulling bodies from the swollen creek of the bridge that collapsed. the inc
the city of pittsburgh has three suspension bridges. known collectively as the three sister bridges, all employ eye bars in their suspension chains. they were constructed at the same time as the silver bridge and are still standing. they have a marked difference in their design. this is the sixth street bridge. the eye bars are in clusters. the failure of any one will not cause a collapse of the structure. >> i could see what was happening an i just stood right here and watched the whole...
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. >> he is also a spoken word poet with some fame in the city where he is known as vision. >> i am the artistic director here. >> today and for the next month, he's teaching a poetry workshop, focusing on racial identity. skin color, and discrimination. >> how many folks have been asked what are you? >> you talk about how you identify yourself versus how others identify you and whether you are okay with that. >> it's a challenge he has experienced himself. >> white boy, half breed, what is he? the things i am reading right now, i don't have memorized because i am running from it. i won't lie. i am running from that poem. >> he's running from his past. divorced parents, his father is white, his mother is black. she says she hates her skin color. >> she doesn't like being dark skinned. i have not talked to her in year. i think unconsciously it made it okay to not be comfortable in your own skin. i didn't want the curly hair or light skin. i wanted to blend in, to be just like everybody else. i used to live here with my mom. my father is white and lived in a black neighborhood. my mother
. >> he is also a spoken word poet with some fame in the city where he is known as vision. >> i am the artistic director here. >> today and for the next month, he's teaching a poetry workshop, focusing on racial identity. skin color, and discrimination. >> how many folks have been asked what are you? >> you talk about how you identify yourself versus how others identify you and whether you are okay with that. >> it's a challenge he has experienced himself....
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from new york city to china to africa and then back to the states. a journey where corruption reigns and a few wildlife crime fighters try to change human nature before it's too late. they say you can buy anything in new york city. >> this is 10,000. this is less expensive than that piece. >> reporter: but can you buy the hand-carved souvenir of a slaughtered elephant? for this beloved creature the tusk is a key to survival in the wild. used to forage and fight. but they are worthless against a man with a gun, who can then sell that white gold on the black market for 1,300 bucks a pound. when elephants began disappearing in the '80s, all trade of new ivory was banned worldwide. >> i'm interested in ivory. >> okay. >> reporter: so this new york dealer tells me his ivory is old enough to sell legally. but here's the rub. new demand is so much bigger than old supply. these animals are now disappearing from the african forests faster than ever. so to better understand these grim laws of supply and demand we set off on a global investigation. from the gle
from new york city to china to africa and then back to the states. a journey where corruption reigns and a few wildlife crime fighters try to change human nature before it's too late. they say you can buy anything in new york city. >> this is 10,000. this is less expensive than that piece. >> reporter: but can you buy the hand-carved souvenir of a slaughtered elephant? for this beloved creature the tusk is a key to survival in the wild. used to forage and fight. but they are...
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franklin institute in center city philadelphia. 20 young poets competing for the win. and nio jones is about to face them and their fears. >> everybody show your love and give it up for nio. >> she not only has to be better than the competition, she has to expose old emotions and confront painful questions about her identity. >> they always called me a white girl. i was never ashamed of myself until they taught me to be ashamed. i was never keen on splitting hairs or splitting veins, my blood is not segregated into black and white. in my mind i'm gray. a mixture of all beautiful things, you cannot paint -- >> she rushes to finish. >> i have come far enough to know not to be ashamed of what i am. but i won't let them define me by it either. [ applause ] >> it was so fantastic just to get it off my chest. i did not stutter or stumble and i didn't forget the words, which was great. i was so scared i was going to forget the words. >> i know that she can dive so much deeper into the poem and she can tap into that and really get free. >> he forces me to do the things that i
franklin institute in center city philadelphia. 20 young poets competing for the win. and nio jones is about to face them and their fears. >> everybody show your love and give it up for nio. >> she not only has to be better than the competition, she has to expose old emotions and confront painful questions about her identity. >> they always called me a white girl. i was never ashamed of myself until they taught me to be ashamed. i was never keen on splitting hairs or splitting...
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make no mistake about it, but the problem is the handgun. 60% of the murders in new york city are caused by handguns. and we simply have too many of them. even though last year, we had a record low in murders in new york city, and a record low in shootings, it's still way too many. >> schieffer: if you had a wish list of what you would like the congress to do, what congress could do to help you and your policemen who are out there on the streets what would it be, commissioner? >> i think the universal background check can be helpful. about six million weapons is estimated were sold last year would you want a background check. that's a significant-- that's the loophole that they talk about. i think the background check will also be helpful in identifying straw purchases making them more aware of the fact that they're now on record and you can record purchases that they make. so i think over time, the universal background check will have an impact. >> schieffer: i want to talk to you a little bit about this new technology that you're using up there in new york, or at least getting ready to
make no mistake about it, but the problem is the handgun. 60% of the murders in new york city are caused by handguns. and we simply have too many of them. even though last year, we had a record low in murders in new york city, and a record low in shootings, it's still way too many. >> schieffer: if you had a wish list of what you would like the congress to do, what congress could do to help you and your policemen who are out there on the streets what would it be, commissioner? >> i...
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owen beaver was in the motor city. >> i met him for the first time. i got to tell you, we embraced. >> reporter: it was a whirlwind trip. 8 cities, 12 days. stops in miami, los angeles, washington, d.c., and atlanta. >> to be so young and to meet a leader as great as mandela was a really big moment. >> reporter: this woman was just 10 years old at the time, on the tarmac in atlanta. >> i just remember looking in his face. even as young as i was, i remember thinking just what a kindness there was about him and his eyes thinking how amazing it was for somebody who had been through so much to not have a hardened heart. >> reporter: nelson mandela, a man who survived prison to become president, inspiring countless people, changing how so many view the world and themselves. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> and that's our broadcast for this friday night and for this week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. lester holt will be here with you this weekend. we, of course, hope to see you right back here on monday evening. in the meantime
owen beaver was in the motor city. >> i met him for the first time. i got to tell you, we embraced. >> reporter: it was a whirlwind trip. 8 cities, 12 days. stops in miami, los angeles, washington, d.c., and atlanta. >> to be so young and to meet a leader as great as mandela was a really big moment. >> reporter: this woman was just 10 years old at the time, on the tarmac in atlanta. >> i just remember looking in his face. even as young as i was, i remember thinking...
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it's an incredible story. >> we are broadcasting from park city, utah, home of the sundance film festival. over the weekend here, we spoke with robert redford, the founder of sundance, an academy award winning director, renowned actor, producer, activist. i asked him all his great commercial success in hollywood, how was it that independent film has become his passion. >> stories that are worth telling more the truth beneath the truth your given. or you think you know. i think like "all the president's men," what is the story? what is the truth about two guys doing that others were not doing that managed to take down a top figure in government? how did that work? it was about hard work. so for me, i started to get really obsessed with -- what is a personal story? what is the story that made so much money? i just went along with it. i was a young student in new york rid i watched that game show and i thought, wow. there's something wrong. the guy winning all of this, everyone is going all over themselves about this guy. i don't know i believe in. i never doubted the whole system was corrup
it's an incredible story. >> we are broadcasting from park city, utah, home of the sundance film festival. over the weekend here, we spoke with robert redford, the founder of sundance, an academy award winning director, renowned actor, producer, activist. i asked him all his great commercial success in hollywood, how was it that independent film has become his passion. >> stories that are worth telling more the truth beneath the truth your given. or you think you know. i think like...
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delegates said they city would be the first to host the olympics at the junction of europe and asia. tokyo officials stress their city's safety record and strong financial foundation. >> we'll see your sports shine. >> madrid officials said they were ready to host the games despite spain's economic woes. they said they'll use existing facilities for 80% of the olympic venues. >> spain's economic fundamentals are sound, diverse and fully able to support the 2020 olympic and preolympic games. >> they will choose to host city in september. >>> u.s. officials are unwilling to say if one of their drones killed someone. some have suggests these developments could make it harder to reach a peace deal. >> translator: they have said the second in command of the pakistani taliban was among the six people killed by the u.s. drone attack in north western pakistan. the u.s. wanted him in connection with an attack on a base in 2009. the attack killed 7 americans working for the cia. the u.s. has been offering a $5 million reward for any information leading to the arrest. the white house while care
delegates said they city would be the first to host the olympics at the junction of europe and asia. tokyo officials stress their city's safety record and strong financial foundation. >> we'll see your sports shine. >> madrid officials said they were ready to host the games despite spain's economic woes. they said they'll use existing facilities for 80% of the olympic venues. >> spain's economic fundamentals are sound, diverse and fully able to support the 2020 olympic and...
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the from the city's past. a look at the treasures being pounds. >> a part of everyday life, road blocks but several blocks, the past and present have collided. over the last few years, maintenance with heavy machinery has been periodically interrupted to make way for more delicate work. >> working toward the east river, we knew there was a possibility of the findings some artifac artifacts. >> that's why we hired a team to assist us to work with us. >> a top team of archeologists has been called in to help preserve an era long gone. >> they have been wiping the dirt off of thousands of realics buricked several meters below the city. some dating back 250 years. >> we are getting a sense of how new york city was developed, how the city was built, how people were living in the 18th, 19th century, how some things are very similar, they stay the same and, also, how things have changed throughout time. >> each piece is carefully cleaned, packaged and labeled using books, photographs and other historical references,
the from the city's past. a look at the treasures being pounds. >> a part of everyday life, road blocks but several blocks, the past and present have collided. over the last few years, maintenance with heavy machinery has been periodically interrupted to make way for more delicate work. >> working toward the east river, we knew there was a possibility of the findings some artifac artifacts. >> that's why we hired a team to assist us to work with us. >> a top team of...
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it is where blacks had to live because they couldn't live in the city limits. a t a lot of the people that live here work nearby. that's the promise of the new south africa, those are single family homes built by the government as promised since the aend of apartheid, they have power, you can't see them that clearly, but they have water tanks the streets have electricity, they are paved, that's the promise, this is the unfulfilled prompt, so many of the people that live in these still live in shanties, look at these things with tin roofs, there are rats going through here, this area was built in 1912 to house 70,000 people, the estimated range widely but there might be up to three-quarters of a million people here, and by the way, we are less than a couple of miles from the richest part of africa, where there are more millionaires than there are anywhere else on this continent. talk about a bifurcated economy, of have notes and haves. we are right in the middle of it right here. includes the united states, where household net worth is at a record high. but the
it is where blacks had to live because they couldn't live in the city limits. a t a lot of the people that live here work nearby. that's the promise of the new south africa, those are single family homes built by the government as promised since the aend of apartheid, they have power, you can't see them that clearly, but they have water tanks the streets have electricity, they are paved, that's the promise, this is the unfulfilled prompt, so many of the people that live in these still live in...
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the city and the mayor's office having. so he's certainly one person. chris ward, who took over the port authority later on in twist, is another that kind of helped -- you know, right around 2010 is when things started to move forward. >> host: now, that's nine years -- >> guest: nine years later. >> host: -- after the attacks. >> guest: yeah. >> host: why a nine-year war of attrition in your book? >> guest: yeah. >> host: as to actually implementing a plan? >> guest: i mean, i think that's the question. part of it was a debate, sometimes there were families' groups who protested. there was a big debate over the museum that was supposed to be at ground zero called the international freedom center that the lower manhattan b development corporation had picked, and a small group of families -- many disagreed with them, but a small group mobilized and got this museum defeated. and so that takes time. but a lot of the battles were actually between larry silverstein and the port authority, these two partners, this lick/private partnership -- public/private pa
the city and the mayor's office having. so he's certainly one person. chris ward, who took over the port authority later on in twist, is another that kind of helped -- you know, right around 2010 is when things started to move forward. >> host: now, that's nine years -- >> guest: nine years later. >> host: -- after the attacks. >> guest: yeah. >> host: why a nine-year war of attrition in your book? >> guest: yeah. >> host: as to actually implementing a...
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the meatball guy serves up new spins on the old school classic. >>> keep it right here, america. "nig >>> from new york city, this is "nightline" with terry moran. >> hello, everyone. thanks for joining us. tonight, a high stakes rescue mission is under way. police are staking out the underground bunker where a 6-year-old boy is being held hostage after being kidnapped from his ride home from school. it was a deadly attack in broad daylight, one raising some chilling questions about how safe children really are on the school bus. abc's jim avila brings us this report. >> just had a bus driver shot. possibly deceased. >> reporter: that was bad enough. an innocent driver shot to death. as police rushed toward his school bus in midland, atlanta, they found much worse. this bright yellow rolling sanctuary for a group of elementary school kids had become a horrific crime scene. the armed suspect police would learn had escaped with a 6-year-old boy in his hands, heading to an underground bunker on his property, holding the boy prisoner, eight feet below ground in an earthen cave stocke
the meatball guy serves up new spins on the old school classic. >>> keep it right here, america. "nig >>> from new york city, this is "nightline" with terry moran. >> hello, everyone. thanks for joining us. tonight, a high stakes rescue mission is under way. police are staking out the underground bunker where a 6-year-old boy is being held hostage after being kidnapped from his ride home from school. it was a deadly attack in broad daylight, one raising...
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i have to represent my city the right way. i'm not going to make these crazy reality shows that people make. i want to make something classy that shows these cops in boston >> jon: how difficult a job it is >> absolutely. so we went to the mayor first. the mayor, he signed off right away. and the commissioner signed off after that. and the chief signed off after that. all the way down the line they were signing off. they all said the same thing. talk to the officers. if they don't feel safe with you in the car, you're getting out of the car and taking your camera and go home. as long as the officers wanted to do. the officers, having played a cop and worked like a new york city detectives, our technical advisors on blue bloods, he's taught me the most important thiblg. all about getting home safely to your family. do your job. protect the street. protect your partner and get home safe at the end of the day. i knew that and brought that to the show. me and the whole... >> jon: boston's finest. going to premiere on tnt this wedn
i have to represent my city the right way. i'm not going to make these crazy reality shows that people make. i want to make something classy that shows these cops in boston >> jon: how difficult a job it is >> absolutely. so we went to the mayor first. the mayor, he signed off right away. and the commissioner signed off after that. and the chief signed off after that. all the way down the line they were signing off. they all said the same thing. talk to the officers. if they don't...
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, the ingredients. >> the bread feeds inmates and staff at rikers and the city's other jails, and is also sold to the juvenile detention center. still other inmates work in the kitchens, preparing 50,000 meals a day. >> we have feedings three times a day. breakfast at 5:00, 10:30 for lunch, 4:30 for dinner. no seconds, no. we feed them enough the first time around. they get four slices of bread. they get their starches, their meat, vegetables. >> inmates can also attend religious services. this is a protestant ceremony. >> faith comes by healing. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> on hearing the word of god. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> this is a privilege and a blessing. >> on fridays, there's a service for muslim inmates in a makeshift mosque. >> the devil is the thing that keeps you and i from being obedient to god. >> we try to encourage them to empower themselves and empower their lives by making a change, so that when they leave here, that they have acclimated in the right mindset back into society. don't get caught up into trying to build a castle in prison. that's not
, the ingredients. >> the bread feeds inmates and staff at rikers and the city's other jails, and is also sold to the juvenile detention center. still other inmates work in the kitchens, preparing 50,000 meals a day. >> we have feedings three times a day. breakfast at 5:00, 10:30 for lunch, 4:30 for dinner. no seconds, no. we feed them enough the first time around. they get four slices of bread. they get their starches, their meat, vegetables. >> inmates can also attend...
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the owner was charged with vandalism after he grazed in a flower bed outside a city museum. who can forget this goat. we told you about him a few months ago after he knocked a paper boy off his bike and chased him up a tree. we also think he might be possessed. >> it made a weird noise, like a grunting noise. >> let's think about this now. we've got goats knocking paperboys off boats, knocking reporters off their feet, i'm starting to wonder if the goats are trying to take over. i know for a fact this one has taken over youtube. >> ah! >> now, i don't know which i like better, when the goat screams or when that reporter screams. if only we could see them side by side. oh, we can. look. >> would you not eat my pants? >> ah! >> nothing like ending a long week by repeatedly watching someone getting knocked over by a goat and hearing a goat scream. have a good weekend, everybody. and watch your backs. that's it for us. >>> they're zeroing in on the main suspects behind the hostage crisis in algeria, but we told you about them last week. >>> if the nra has such influence, why is
the owner was charged with vandalism after he grazed in a flower bed outside a city museum. who can forget this goat. we told you about him a few months ago after he knocked a paper boy off his bike and chased him up a tree. we also think he might be possessed. >> it made a weird noise, like a grunting noise. >> let's think about this now. we've got goats knocking paperboys off boats, knocking reporters off their feet, i'm starting to wonder if the goats are trying to take over. i...
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the major cities that had major incidences are run by black mayors. there is a transformation and i think they were responding to it. i'm not saying it's accurate but that is the great achievement of america. >> does it pull hispanics and asians in. >> it gives the green light that we saw in the last election. texas responded immediately after the ruling came down. >> the egyptian economy is on the verge of bankruptcy to import only three to five months of food and then they will be completely broken. >> state senator wendy davis in texas with her 11-hour filibuster begin to turn the state baby blue. >> yeah. great tv, by the way. >> voting rights act house will not respond with corresponding legislation. >> given what happened with the supreme court on the voting rights act this week, i believe that we are going to see some major, major problems in the south. but that eventually the south will become important. >> i'm predicting that your book, michelle, moving america towards justice will be a best seller. bye-bye. >>> this week on wealthtrack, the
the major cities that had major incidences are run by black mayors. there is a transformation and i think they were responding to it. i'm not saying it's accurate but that is the great achievement of america. >> does it pull hispanics and asians in. >> it gives the green light that we saw in the last election. texas responded immediately after the ruling came down. >> the egyptian economy is on the verge of bankruptcy to import only three to five months of food and then they...
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of the city. new york ride with the sanitation crew. >> morning about the day begins at dawn, new york's army of sanitation workers. muster for a roll-call then mobilize on city streets. it takes 6000 uniformed workers to pick up the trash created by 8 million residents. >> and up at 4:00 in the morning, is not easy. i'm going on eight years and does not get easier. >> especially on a day like this. back breakingng, work ended little bit smelly. each two-person crew picks up on average 10-15 tons of trash per day every day, rain or shine. the work comes with a decent paycheck. after five years on the job, workers make an annual salary of $70,000. more with overtime. there are risks. >> people just for a everything out so you don't know what you are picking up. don't stand behind a copper because anything could shoot out. >> according to the u.s. department of labor, sanitation workers in the york have twice the fatality rate police officers and nearly seven times the fatality rate of firefighters.
of the city. new york ride with the sanitation crew. >> morning about the day begins at dawn, new york's army of sanitation workers. muster for a roll-call then mobilize on city streets. it takes 6000 uniformed workers to pick up the trash created by 8 million residents. >> and up at 4:00 in the morning, is not easy. i'm going on eight years and does not get easier. >> especially on a day like this. back breakingng, work ended little bit smelly. each two-person crew picks up...
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so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to travel whenever you want. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. >>> our second story "outfront." ill advised. that's what jim baker, with the nra, calls this the ad. >> are the president's kids more important than yours? why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school? >> the nra ad you may recall prompted an outraged response from the white house, press secretary carney called it repugnant and cowardly. baker went on to say to reuters, i think the ad could have made a good point if it talked about the need for increased school security without using the president's children. in a statement the nra tells "outfront," differe
so i used my citi thankyou card to pick up some accessories. a new belt. some nylons. and what girl wouldn't need new shoes? and with all the points i've been earning, i was able to get us a flight to our favorite climbing spot even on a holiday weekend. ♪ things are definitely looking up. [ male announcer ] with no blackout dates, you can use your citi thankyou points to travel whenever you want. visit citi.com/thankyoucards to apply. >>> our second story "outfront." ill...
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there were so many people on the street, that it got lost, it got lost makes it ways to the city hall. where they were going to give his first peach. people have been waiting so long to hear one word out of this man's mouth, and he got it on on the balcony, of city hall, and gave this rambling speech, most of which was ground out by the din on the street. i think we forget all this many years on. >> you want to interview him a couple of times. over time, did he understand the impact that he had had did he understand what his legacy would be? i think as we just heard, it was his trip to new york, which i was also lucky enough to cover, ealey made him understand. i think in those first few weeks out of jail, and seeing all these people line-up to say hello to them, they were tribal leaders, that took days to get there, with little pieces of paper with different disputes that they wanted him to resolve. i think it took him a while to realize that he had this huge reach which of course, he didn't know for much of the time that he was in jail. >> on this end, in the safe the immaterial pac
there were so many people on the street, that it got lost, it got lost makes it ways to the city hall. where they were going to give his first peach. people have been waiting so long to hear one word out of this man's mouth, and he got it on on the balcony, of city hall, and gave this rambling speech, most of which was ground out by the din on the street. i think we forget all this many years on. >> you want to interview him a couple of times. over time, did he understand the impact that...
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here at the south african embassy in london and a public buildings all around the city flags are flying at half mast to mark the death of nelson mandela there are around half a million south africans living in this country and some of them have come here to the embassy to lay flowers and pay tribute to the passing of mandela and of course tributes flooding in from elsewhere to the royal family prince william for example has called him an extraordinary and inspired. the queen has paid a personal tribute talking of the great she feels when she thinks of mandela saying that he worked tirelessly for his country and that his legacy is the peaceful south africa that we see today and political tributes of flooding in from all over the world lead in this country by david cameron he called mandela a towering figure a true global hero and says a great light has gone out. but this is all of her around if we look just at the conservative movement for example in one thousand nine hundred seventy margaret thatcher who slammed him as a terrorist the a.n.c. could never rule south africa anyone who thou
here at the south african embassy in london and a public buildings all around the city flags are flying at half mast to mark the death of nelson mandela there are around half a million south africans living in this country and some of them have come here to the embassy to lay flowers and pay tribute to the passing of mandela and of course tributes flooding in from elsewhere to the royal family prince william for example has called him an extraordinary and inspired. the queen has paid a personal...